Helen Keller awards honour hard work done in the disability sector

DNIS News Network -- The Helen Keller awards honoured commendable work done
in the field of disability.

Among the awardees were Nara Nageswarrao, an activist in Andhra Pradesh who
forced the state government to fill more than 2,500 vacancies reserved for the
disabled; Vivek Kumar Agarwal, the commissioner of Chattisgarh and a disabled
person himself, who extended the 3% quota in jobs for disabled people, Ram Dayal
Sharma, a carpenter in Delhi who used his skills to better the lives of several
children suffering from cerebral palsy; and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited for being a role model for public sectors by providing employment to
disabled people.

These individuals and organisations have met the most intrinsic needs of disabled
people by providing them with a means of living. "The awards are a salute
to those individuals and organisations that have done their bit to promote employment
of the disabled," said Javed Abidi, Executive Director of National Centre
for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP).